News Bits: Laura, Emperor, I.T.

Laura“L.A. Confidential” and “The Black Dahlia” author James Ellroy has signed on to pen a remake of Otto Preminger’s classic 1944 film noir “Laura” for Fox 2000.

The original followed a detective who slowly falls in love and becomes obsessed with a well-heeled advertising exec over the course of investigating her murder. Ellroy also penned the scripts for “Street Kings” and “Rampart”. [Source: THR]

Noah Baumbach adapted the script from Claire Messud’s 2006 book about three friends in their early thirties living in NYC in the months leading up to September 11, 2001. [Source: Variety]

I.T.John Moore (“A Good Day to Die Hard,” “Flight of the Phoenix”) is set to direct and William Wisher Jr. will pen a rewrite of the thriller “I.T.” which aims to begin production this Fall.

Pierce Brosnan plays a successful publisher whose relationship with a young I.T. consultant sours. He soon finds the former friend is using technology to threaten his family, business, and life. [Source: Deadline]

SatanicMagnet Releasing has acquired worldwide rights to Jeff Hunt’s soon to go into production supernatural teen-horror film “Satanic”.

The story follows a group of college students on a tour of old Satanic Panic era sites in Los Angeles who believe they have rescued a girl from human sacrifice. [Source: Screen]